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100
How are frequency, wavelength, and velocity of a wave related?
v = fh
100
On Earth, what variable causes the period of a pendulum to change?
Length
100
On Earth, what variable causes the period of a vertically oscillating spring to change?
Mass
100

Nashville

Tennessee

100

Who played 'Oscar' in the animation movie Shark Tales

Who is Will Smith?

200

If the frequency of a wave traveling through a medium doubles, what happens to the velocity?

Stays the same

200

Find the period of a 0.4 m pendulum on the moon if g on the moon is 1.625 m/s2

T = 3.1 seconds
200
The law stating that the restoring force is proportional to the displacement of a spring (F = -kx) is known as ________
Hooke's Law
200

Montpelier

Vermont

200

Simba was the heir to _______ in the Disney animated movie ' The lion King'?

Mufasa

300

If the frequency of a wave doubles, what happens to its wavelength?

It reduces by a scale factor of 2 (it's cut in half)

300
A 500 kg wrecking ball hangs on a chain 15 m in length. Arnold builds an identically long pendulum using a 0.015 kg marble. Which pendulum has a shorter period if both are released from the same angle?
They have the same period!
300

Find the period of a spring that makes 30 oscillations in 15 s

0.5 s

300

Augusta

Maine

300

Who was the main writer for Marvel movies?

Stan Lee

400

What type of wave does not require a medium to travel through?

Electromagnetic waves

400
Find the length of a pendulum on Earth whose period is 4 seconds.
L = 3.97 m
400

Find the spring constant for a spring that stretches 0.2 m when a 0.05 kg mass is attached to it

2.45 N/m

400

Bismarck

North Dakota

400

What is the name of the fictional land where Frozen took place?

Kingdom of Arendelle

500

Star Wars depicts space battles as being loud and explosive. Explain why a battle in space, even with lasers and death stars, would have no sound.

Sound requires a medium to travel through...so sound cannot travel in space, which is mostly a vacuum

500
Find g on an unknown planet if a pendulum of length 1 m oscillates 14 times in 40 seconds.

g = 4.84 m/s2

500
Find an unknown mass on a spring whose spring constant is 9 N/m that oscillates 22 times in 7 seconds
.023 kg or 23 g
500

Salem

Oregon

500

A George Martin's novel that was adapted to a well acclaimed HBO TV series.

Game of Thrones